There's no place like home for Friends' Halsig

Jessica Halsig can't hide the joy in her voice. The formula for her happiness is so basic it almost makes her laugh.

Home + Basketball = Happy.

"Home is where the heart is, right?" said Halsig, a former Bishop Carroll and Barton Count standout. "Of all my years playing this has probably been my favorite team to be on so far. On and off the court it's been awesome."

The 5-foot-11 guard/forward transferred to Friends from Division I UMKC — where she started five games last year — for her senior season and will be the go-to player for the Falcons, at least for the first semester, as all-KCAC honorable mention pick and all-KCAC defensive performer Tavi Polley-Davis sits out the first semester to clear up academic issues.

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